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INDEX 



Cape York Peninsula, 146 



Caribbean Sea, 72, 240 



Carriacou, 27—30, 58, 60—61, 6j 



Cartwright, Labrador, 32, s^-S9 



Cathay, merchant cruiser, 1 1 o— 1 1 1 



Celerol, H.M.S., 71 



Central Island, Labrador, j2 



Ceylon, 24, 128, 136, 144, ijj; Survey 

 of, 137 



Challenger, H.M.S.: Captains, see Ashton, 

 Baker, Bill, Jackson, Jenks, Jones, 

 Ritchie, Sabine, Sharpey-Schafer, 

 Southern and Wyatt; planning and 

 construction of ship, 1-2 ; launching 

 and naming, 2—3 ; first crew, 3—^ ; 

 equipment, 4-7, 57, 84, 148, 178; 

 'bottling stations', 8—9; Labrador 

 survey, 8, 11-23, ^6, 30-5^9, 60; 

 West Indies survey, 26-30, sj—S^y 

 60—70; Trinidad surveys, 70-72; 

 Arabian survey (Muhammad Qol), 

 73-82; war channels survey, 83-84; 

 Thames tidal stream survey, 84; 

 armaments fitted, 84; Scottish survey, 

 8^—90; Icelandic survey, 90-97; 

 voyage in convoy to East India Dock, 

 98-101 ; in bombardment of London, 

 1 01— 103; refits, 1 01— 103, 124, 

 133-136, 14J, 163, 167, 177, 208; 

 Londonderry surveys, 103-104; voy- 

 age to West Africa and Battle of the 

 Atlantic, 105^-112; Gambia River 

 survey, 113— 123; Indian Ocean 

 surveys, 12^-144; Torres Strait 

 survey, 147-ijj; Trincomalee sur- 

 vey, ISSJ Singapore survey, igsj 

 Saigon, Hong-Kong, North Borneo 

 and Sarawak surveys, ij^j; Persian 

 Gulf surveys, 1^6-177; in Cyprus, 

 163, 167, 237; Cyprus survey, 

 178—184; seismic experiments, see 

 under; world cruise begins, i8j'— 

 190; in Bermuda, 190-193; in 

 Kingston, Jamaica, 193 ; in San Diego, 

 194; in British Columbia, 195^—200; 

 in Hawaii, 201—203; in North 

 Pacific, 203—206; in Japan, 206-207, 

 233— 23 J ; en route to Aegean, 237; 

 voyage home to Portsmouth, 237— 

 240; ship paid off, 240; handed over 

 for scrap, 241 ; Royal Marines in, 

 see Crowford, Laws and Lyons 



Challenger expedition of 1 872-1 876, i, 

 202, 21J, 226-227 



Challenger Cove, 43 



Challenger Rock, 23 



Chatham, i, 3-4, 139, 1^8, 188, 190, 240 



Chidley, Cape, 1 1 



China Sea, 137 



Chinnco, Lt. William, R.N., 25 



Chittagong, 140 



Clarke, Captain, 10— 11, 14 



Clarke, Mr., of Hudson Bay Company, 



31. 39. 42 

 Clarke, Mrs., 39 

 Clausing, Captain, of California Standard 



Oil Company, 77 

 Clyde, 86, 106 

 Cockade, H.M.S., 163 

 Coconut Island, Torres Strait, 1 54 

 Cocos-Keeling Islands, 142—144 

 Cole, Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.R., 



133 

 Colombo, 128, 136-139, 143-144, iss, 



237 

 Connell, Lieutenant T., R.N. (later 



Captain), 92 

 Contest, H.M.S., 163 

 Cook, Captain, 146, iji, 209 

 Cooper, Surgeon Lieutenant W. A. B., 



R.N.V.R., 109 

 Coral Reef Committee, Royal Society's, 



2 1 J— 2 1 7 

 Cornwall, H.M.S., 128 

 Cornwallis, s.s., 65 



Cox's Bazaar, Arakan coast, 140—142 

 Croome, Lieutenant E. E., R.N. ('Trap- 

 per') (later Lieutenant-Commander), 



143-144, i6i, 163 

 Crowford, Sergeant, R.M., 126, 131, 133, 



13s. 139 

 Culmore, 103—104 

 Curagao, H.M.S., 98 

 Currents, ocean system of, 7—8, 63—64 

 Cypress Sands, Naaf River, 140— 141 

 Cyprus, 163, 167, 178-184, 237 



Daimmiyat Islands, Persian Gulf, 158 



Dakar, 113, 120, 232 



Dalrymple Island, Torres Strait, 146 



Dampier, Seaman, 7 



Darwin's atoll construction theory, 143, 

 215-216, 224 



Davis Inlet, Labrador, 14, 30, 5^6 



Dawa, Head Man of, 76 



Deane, Lieutenant Dennis W., R.N. (later 

 Lieutenant-Commander), 26, 36, 40— 

 43, 4J-47, 49, ^1-^2, S^, 5^, 60 



Dehra Dun, 1 37 



Delhi, 140 



Denham, Captain H. N., R.N., 2j 



Denmark Strait, 96 



Devil Point, Gambia River, 1 2 1 



Devonport, 4 



Devonport, New Zealand, 228 



Doctor Forbes Air Survey, 19 



